giovedì 31 dicembre 2015

** AUSTRALIA. 12085, Dec 30 at 1327 check, this RA frequency is once again much
stronger than // 12065, which is the normal situation; after their being equal
on Dec 28, and reverse on Dec 24 --- as if antennas were being exchanged. What`s
going on at Shepparton?

Very degraded propagation Dec 31 at 1310 UT, 2016
having arrived in DST AET, poor on 12085, only fair on 9580, but improves an
hour later (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1806, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 4885, Dec 30 at 0705, very poor signal in Brazuguese,
as R. Clube do Pará apparently signs on now at 0700, rather than 24h, and is
already off again by our evenings (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 6m Es maps showing activity all day Dec 29, just out
of reach, over eastern USA, northern, northwestern, so I never see anything on
channel 2, or hearing anything on 88.1 --- until almost midnight local, UT Dec
30:

0536 on 2, fade-in weak video and audio with music

0542 on 2,
Spanish ad, promo a program at 6 de la tarde, but can`t catch a
network

0543, ``SIPSE``, mentioned as one word, so that points right to
one of my regulars, XHY-TV in Mérida, Yucatán. (And my antenna is also pointed
that way.); no more seen after 0546. Then I check the 6m map and see one ham
contact line across Texas to correlate with DX from this direxion.

Probably the last time I will ever see it with the apagón analógico
looming, but will no longer be an obstacle to further Latin American TVDX from
the same bearing across Central and South America, I hope (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** NEW ZEALAND. 11724.99, UT Wed Dec 30 at 0650, RNZI
good with discussion of virtual reality, which turns out to be part 1 of the
`TED Radio Hour`, as outroed at 0657 --- No US SW station dares to serve as a
true public radio outlet, so TG for NZ! DRM is also grinding away circa 11690
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1120, Dec 30 at 1925
UT, Spanish, with OSU PSA and 918 area code, so KETU, Sperry/Catoosa/Tulsa, La
Ketú is back on following yesterday`s outage (more reliable now that it`s not
just music fill, but still subject to absences for no particular obvious reason
like power failure) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA
[non]. 1460, KZUE El Reno is still AWOL, Dec 30 at 1919 UT on caradio: power
still out following Dec 26-27 icestorm. Instead weak mix of skywave signals, one
with football talk.

1460, Dec 30 at 1929 UT, ESPN Radio and at 1930 UT
CCI from station mentioning Burleson, missed ID for an FM; 1953 UT C&W
music.

Burleson and C&W is certainly KCLE a.k.a. Cleburne TX;
nearest ESPN on 1460 is KXPN, 5 kW ND in Kearney NE. (KCLE used to be ESPN till
it flipped to The Outlaw last May; KBZO Lubbock TX is ESPN, but Deportes, i.e.
Spanish).

Next check 22 hours later,
Dec 31 at 1755 UT, this time on the hand-held PL-880:

88.3, K202BY,
Enid, Family Radio, still off

89.1, K206CA, Enid, Oasis back on talking
about Tulsa ministries

90.5, KBVV, Goltry, still off

93.7, KSPI,
Stillwater, off

95.7, KXLS, Lahoma/Enid, still off

98.1, WWLS-FM, The
Village, is on but low power, e.g. much weaker than 98.9, KYIS

99.7, KNAH,
Mustang, unheard, nor Wichita Spanish in 99.9 LPFM ACI

100.5, KATT, OKC, off;
had been on yesterday

101.1, algo weak, Stillwater or Woodward
missing?

105.7, KRDR, Alva on, but once again failing to ID in the 10 seconds
before 1800:00 UT provided by ESPN

106.7, KTUZ, Okarche, back on in
Spanish

107.1, KNID, North Enid, still off

(Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, Dec 30 at 1325, JBA carrier
from SIBC, on late once again. Ron Howard says was because of typhoon
warnings.

5020, Dec 31 at 0724, detectable JBA carrier this early in Cuba
splash, and still on at 1308, 1356 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** SPAIN. 15500, Thu Dec 31 at 1507, S9+20 open carrier with some
fading, continuously past 1600+; presumably REE, the only station listed here,
but supposed to start programming from 1500 only on Saturdays & Sundays;
perhaps on NY eve, the ops at Noblejas are confused. Ivo Ivanov has also heard
REE transmitters running carriers at odd times like 0900+ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 11815.04, Dec 31 at 1501, very poor signal,
unseems Japanese, and off-frequency, so likely TRT Emiler TURKEY in Turkish as
scheduled 14-17 UT at 300 degrees USward, rather than NHK at 09-17, 235 degrees
oppositeward. I was hoping to hear some New Year celebrations from 2016, just
arrived in Japan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD
OF RADIO 1805 monitoring: confirmed at 1433 Dec 30, the Wed 1415.5 broadcast on
WRMI 9955, no jamming. Also confirmed Wed Dec 30 at 2200, on WBCQ 7490.00, right
on time and right on frequency.

** U S A. 1540.08, Dec 30 at 1310 UT, het upon
dominant signal KXEL on the R-75. I measure it down to here, and on the DX-398
it`s about two clix (80 Hz) above KXEL, furthermore looping NNW/SSE, just right
for KGBC Galveston TX, and with South Asian music; 1316 UT YL in English
welcomes us mentioning 106.1 --- so that clinches it, KGBC reported in
RadioDiscussions to have replaced G&E/CRI relay with ``Hum Tum Radio`` //
106.1. WTFDA Database has no such 106.1 listing for TX, but this one is in the
market:

** U S A. 1540, Dec 31 at 1329 UT, R. Jalapeño is dominant
signal, ID in Spanglish from KEDA San Antonio, with a constant LAH: manœvering
the DX-398, I am trying to decide whether KEDA is the one off-frequency, to the
hi side. No, it`s further east, like from KGBC Galveston as I thought yesterday,
tho I can`t pull any South Asian audio from it today. By 1348 UT, KXEL is
starting to appear, and making a sub-audible het with KEDA, i.e. both very close
to on-frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

1510, at 1921 UT, football game, fades up and down, KCTE
Independence MO, also with lo het, so must be on its off-frequency transmitter
now. This het is just a bit higher-pitched than the one on 1540, at 1928
UT

** U S A. 1360, Dec 30 at 1926 UT, plugging AM-820, covering the
state of Ohio, Catholic call-in from EWTN. I.e. the former WOSU disposed of by
Ohio State, now WVSG with 6.5 kW in the daytime. But this 1360 is KPHN El Dorado
KS, close enough for marginal groundwave but stronger than usual so some boost
from skywave? Holding its own against the local KCRC spur/het from 1390 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

11860, Dec 31 at 1308, JBA carrier from R. Sana`a; improved
to only poor by 1422; 1439 very poor with CCI from IBB Kuwait; cut to Qur`an for
Maghrib call to prayer at 1443:28.5.

Two days ago this happened at
1441:22.5, so now 2 minutes and 6 seconds later. Gaisma.com shows today`s sunset
in Aden at 1444 UT; Sana`a, 1443, so today`s timing neatly splits the difference
between the two main cities; both to shift 4 minutes later in one week (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

GREECE Voice of Greece on air December 30 & off on December 31:
from 1900 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu, poor/weak Dec.30
from 0700 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu, no signal Dec.31
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/voice-of-greece-on-air-december-30-off.html

MEDIUM WAVES Strong signal of RTL R.Luxembourg 208/France Bleu/Absolute Radio:
from 0000 on 1440 MAR 300 kW / non dir to Eu English on Dec.31, final day on MW
from 0003 on 1278 SLT 300 kW / non dir to Eu French on Dec.31, final day on MW
from 0005 on 1215 MRS 200 kW / non dir to Eu English on Dec.31, continues on MW
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/strong-signal-of-rtl-rluxembourg.html

Marconi Radio
International (MRI) began its shortwave transmissions on 4th
January 1986, with the aim of being a radio for DXers. That's why we have
planned a special 30th anniversary broadcast on the following days
and times:

3rd January
2016 from 08.00 to 16.00 UTC;

4th January
2026 from 13.00 to 16.00 UTC.

Our frequency
remains the same: 11390 kHz and power in the region of 30 watts. To mark this
milestone, we’ll broadcast a special programme in Italian with details on the
history of MRI and interviews with two well known DXers of Italy: Dario
Monferini and Roberto Scaglione.

Also our
playlist will have something special as only songs with the word "radio" in
their title will be played (the playlist includes also some little known tunes
like “Radio Tirana” by the Polish band Kult!).

But that is
not all. In addition to our weekly DX programme in English "Italian Shortwave
Panorama" and "Studio DX", produced and presented by Roberto Scaglione, we'll be
airing two vintage MRI programmes: a DX Show in English of 25th December 1991
hosted by a female speaker, as well as the edition nr. 6 of "Italian Wave", a
programme aired during 1986, which featured new Italian bands playing different
kinds of rock music.

As usual MRI
encourages reception reports from listeners. Audio clips (mp3-file) of our
broadcasts are welcome! We QSL 100% and of course a special 30th
anniversary QSL verification will be sent to acknowledge reports about
reception of above mentioned broadcasts.

Our e-mail
address is: marconiradiointernational@gmail.com but please
don’t forget to include your postal address as some lucky listeners will also
receive a printed QSL card.

Last but not
least, we need your help! If you use social networks, please post an
announcement on Facebook or send out a tweet the day before the broadcasts.
You can also forward this message to a friend. This should help increase our
potential audience.

We hope to
hear from a lot of shortwave listeners about these two special 30th anniversary
broadcasts.

GREECE
Voice of Greece was back again on shortwave on December 291500-2110 on 9420
AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek, co-ch
CNR-17http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/voice-of-greece-was-back-again-on.html

PAKISTAN
Random transmission of Radio Pakistan (PBC) on December 290935&1000 on
15730 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu Urdu and off at
1020UThttp://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/random-transmission-of-radio-pakistan.html

UZBEKISTAN(non)
Voice of Martyrs with English program on December 291630-1800 on 7520 TAC
100 kW / 070 deg to NEAs Korean(Eng
1710-1720):http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/voice-of-martyrs-with-english-program.html

martedì 29 dicembre 2015

** ALBANIA [and non]. 7470, Dec 29 at 0225, open carrier to R. Tirana IS
starting, S7. I meant to tune in earlier to see if I could hear another carrier
on 7470, but now there`s only the self-imposed LAH, and is slightly off to the
lo side of 7470. Usual canned sign-on announcement still says ``2100 to 2030``
for the previous English airing, not corrected. Still no CCI, and at 0250,
sports report with Albanian football scores; 0251 ending broadcast to music fill
for the rest, 0258 playing IS again, 0300 off, and again not hearing anything
else. I`m checking this carefully since Noel Green points out a frequency change
by IBB effective Dec 28 according to Ivo Ivanov:

Deewa Radio from Dec
28:

0100-0400 NF 7470 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs Pashto, ex 9765
KWT

0100-0400 NF 7530 IRA 250 kW / 334 deg to WeAs Pashto, ex 12025
KWT

0100-0400 NF 9765 IRA 250 kW / 340 deg to WeAs Pashto, ex 12005
IRAo

Good that I can`t hear Kuwait on 7470 tonight, but when reception
improves from the area, it could be a problem for us in North America. From a
remote receiver in NJ at 0304 after Tirana was off, Wolfgang Büschel did hear
Kuwait with a very poor signal. Would other monitors in North America keep an
ear on this during Tirana`s 0230 broadcast and report whether there is a problem
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 11855.1, Dec 29 at
0242, new frequency for R. Aparecida, only S3, but obviously ex-11856.2 where it
had been for several weeks; on the NRD-545; recheck at 0645 on the R75 refines
it to 11855.13, at S4-7 in Brazuguese.

** CUBA. 6165, Dec 29 at 0700,
RHC in Spanish with report from Villa Clara about some imminent anniversary,
also on 6000, as program feed has morphed from English before the ops get the
transmitters turned off; 6060 and 6100 carriers are still on too, but dead.
Probably all off with a few minutes. RHC is never one for smooth, accurate
switching (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA SOUTH. 4885,
Dec 29 at 1302, very poor signal in Korean, so seems Echo of Hope is here to
stay; is it jammed yet? Reads S3 in SSB, S6 in AM on the R-75, i.e. S-readings
don`t mean much in any absolute sense, but useful comparing to others (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO [and non]. 660, Dec 29 at 1318, adstring by live
announcer, mentioning Mazatlán and Delicias, for a farmacia i.a., from WSW,
presumably XEACB in Ciudad Delicias, Chihuahua (no 660 in Sinaloa); along with
another SS further counterclockwise, could be Durango or Aguascalientes. By 1330
UT, ``The Answer`` KSKY The Metroplex captures 660, exactly its official Dec
& Jan sunrise time for jump from 700 to 20,000 watts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 700, Dec 29 at 1322, rustic music by fiddle
and guitar past 1330, and at 1331 full ID in Spanish for XEETCH, Etchojoa,
Sonora, and then same in indigenous language, both mentioning sponsoring federal
agency CNDPI - Comisión Nacional para el Desarrollo de Pueblos Indígenas; no QRM
at first, but 1334 something in English, probably WLW resurging almost at our
sunrise; heard more than once, including 1335, interjexion between tunes, ``¡Qué
me toque un baile!`` -- play me a dance. I love listening to this native music;
hard to pull away to keep bandscanning (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

Instead on 1460, still skywave at 1539 UT Dec 29 from KCLE, mentioning
Burleson during buy-and-sell call-in, 817 area codes, Old Texas Brewing Co., et
al. Same show still going at 1620 UT, mixed with another English station with
sports talk, perhaps nearest KKOY Chanute KS, but could even be skywave still
from KXNO Des Moines IA.

Closer to local mean noon I seek KZUE again at
1900 UT: just a mixture of weak low-noon skywave, so KZUE is definitely off
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1640, Dec 29 at
0255 UT, KZLS is again/still in dead air with hum. See USA for KBJA, WJSP logs.
Still open carrier/DA at 0720 UT, 1407 UT, and 1900 UT chex. It`s really amazing
how many hours are wasted this way. How does KZLS make any money, retain any
listeners? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

I hear many other JBA carriers like this on 60m around
1300, on frequencies matching India, China, Tibet, East Turkistan, Tajikistan
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SUDAN [non]. 13800, Dec 29 at
1527, R. Tamazuj with flutter, but seems to be underneath another carrier at
S9+20, so is a site swap about to occur? No, R. Dabanga jingle starts at 1530
sounding the same. The 13800 switch from MADAGASCAR to Vatican is not until 1600
(or rather, 1557?). Meanwhile 15550 is // 13800, except 15550 is about 5 seconds
behind. 15550 is already VATICAN at 1500-1630. Before 1500 or after 1630 would
be the time to search for R. Puntland on 13800 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** U S A. 7570, Monday Dec 28 at 2101, WRMI is once again
re-re-running the RMRC/EDXC Special, stuck here instead of original program
during this hour, `La Rosa de Tokio`. I suppose it also appeared Dec 21 at this
time, as it did on Dec 14 after intentional pre-emption Dec 7 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7504.8, Dec 29 at 0229, at tune-in, hear a
bit of a Dutch ID for WRNO --- or was it Low German, back into Englisch;
whatever, quite a surprise. Have not run across any DW news relays in English
lately on WRNO (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S
A. 1280, Dec 29 circa 1900 UT, KSOK, Arkansas City KS is back on, having been
missing 25 hours earlier. I don`t think the Arkansas River is flooding this far
up, but it certainly is by the time it gets to Arkansas State (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1550, Dec 29 at 1403 UT, flood warning for
SE Missouri and adjacent states, ``Talk Radio 100.3`` IDs, temp for Cape
Girardeau, so KAPE, 5 kW day power, the AM simulcaster not worth mentioning. Per
NRC AM Log, 100.3 is a mere translator, K262AX, so no longer branded as ``Cape
15-50``. Not many cities are lucky enough to match call letters with (part of)
their name.

Silent KLFJ Springfield remains out of the way for us to get
KAPE beyond. Never mind the Okies on 1550. When skywave is gone on 1550, we get
KYAL Sapulpa vs KKLE Winfield KS. Flooding along the Mississippi around St Louis
could lead some AM stations legitimately to run day facilities at night (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1640, Dec 29 at 0255 UT, local
KZLS Enid is still/again in dead air except for hum, facilitating pulling other
audio around it on the NRD-545, with antenna angle minimizing, narrowed
bandwidth and passband tuning just right:

Spanish show with marriage
advice; 0259 UT closing with 801-AC phone number for Patricia, i.e. UTAH, until
semana entrante, so a brokered weekly program. 0300 UT sharp, ID in Spanish as
``KBJA, 16-40-AM`` and then in English, ``KBJA, 16-40 AM, Salt Lake City``. Not
sure if they mentioned SLC or Sandy in Spanish, but as CoL, Sandy is supposed to
be in legal IDs. Meanwhile I was also getting WSJP in WI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** YEMEN [non].
11860, Dec 29 at 1417, another day of remarkable reception from R. Sana`a, from
somewhere, Arabic dialog at S9+20, no IADs, 1425 mostly music, but I doze,
missing start of Maghrib Call to Prayer! That ends about 1445 so started approx.
1442, and can still hear R. Ashna, IBB Kuwait, in pauses underneath. By 1450
there are now some IADs, or skipping in the music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

I often encounter these in- or out-of-band
during routine bandscanning, and wonder why no one else ever seems to report
them. Even editors don`t want to include them since they are not SWBC. Of course
they cannot be identified, but still --- DEA at least ought to be interested in
knowing such frequencies to monitor in case they slip some useful info, and of
course sophisticated equipment could get a fix on them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

GREECE
Voice of Greece was back on SW after 5 days absence:from 2030 on 9420 AVL
170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek,
Dec.28http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/voice-of-greece-was-back-on-sw-dec28.html

GUAM
Strong signal of KTWR in DRM mode(undecoded) on December 28:1215-1245 on
9975 TWR 060 kW / 285 deg to SoAs English
Mon/Fri/Sathttp://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/strong-signal-of-ktwr-in-drm.html

IRAN(non)
Reception of Radio Ranginkaman/Radio Rainbow in Persian on December
28:1700-1730 on 7460 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Mon/Fri, mixing with BVB
from 117001700-1730 on 7550 TAC 100 kW / 236 deg to WeAs Mon/Fri, co-ch AIR
in DRM from
1725http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/reception-of-radio-ranginkamanrainbow_29.html

SECRETLAND(non)
SPL The Global specialist for International Communicationson shortwave and
provided to you strong and quality signal around the world.SPL relay Radio
Biafra via Secretbrod on December 28, open carrier/dead air2000-2047 on
11600 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to WeAf and off the air at
2047UTC:http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/spl-relay-radio-biafra-via-secretbrod_29.html

SOUTH
KOREA Weak to good reception of Echo of Hope on December 28:from 1455 on
4885 HWA 100 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean, new
add.freqhttp://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/weak-to-good-reception-of-echo-of-hope.html

lunedì 28 dicembre 2015

The "Danish Short
Wave Club International" (DSWCI) was founded in November 1956 and is one of the
most traditional and by far the most international club for radio enthusiasts
worldwide. Since January 1957 the club publishes the regular magazine "Shortwave
News" which for decades now is a unique source of information due to a most
international network of correspondents and monitors worldwide.

From 1957
to 2000 "Shortwave News" was published a monthly basis, and after that every
sixth week. In 1957 and 1958 the magazine was published in Danish and from 1957
to 1969 two different editions were distributed: "Shortwave News" in English and
"Kortbolge Nyt" in Danish. Since January 1970 the magazine is exclusively in
English language.

The DSWCI decided its last Annual General Meeting in
2015 to close the club at the end of 2016. But it was agreed that everything
ever published from the DSWCI should also be available for future generations of
radio enthusiasts:

A unique blend of accurate news, reports and
background information which was only possible with the great support of
countless people during the past almost six decades.

During the last
years we got access to every edition of "Shortwave News" and"Kortbolge Nyt" ever
published. The magazines were scanned, digitized and processed with an OCR
software. The work is finished and therefore we now can offer a DVD with almost
60 years of radio-history and club-history of the DSWCI.

9th edition of the popular "Broadcasting in Russian" handbook, edited by St.
Petersburg DX Club, has been recently released. The handbook features all radio
stations transmitting programmes in the Russian language in AM bands (on long,
medium and short waves) at present, both from Russia and abroad.

===========================================================================DX
RE MIX NEWS # 932 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov. Date: Dec.28, 2015.Also
visit: or
===========================================================================ALASKA
Good signal of KNLS The New Life Station on Dec.22:0800-0900 on 9615 NLS
100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs English tx#20900-1000 on 9680*NLS 100 kW / 300 deg
to NEAs Russian tx#2* very poor due to strong signal of Ictimai Radio on
9676.9.http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/good-signal-of-knls-new-life-station-on.html

ALASKA
Very weak signal of KNLS The New Life Station.Today December 23 no signal of
Ictimai Radio on 9676.9:0900-1000 on 9680*NLS 100 kW / 300 deg to NEAs
Russianhttp://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/very-weak-signal-of-knls-new-life.html

BAHRAIN
Surprisingly strong signal of Radio Bahrain on December 23:1445-1515 on
9745 ABH 010 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic in CUSB due to NHK World on 9750
YAM 300 kW / 290 deg to EaAs Japanese is off
todayhttp://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/surprisingly-strong-signal-of-radio_23.html

BELARUS
Strong signal of Radio Belarus, but modulation is not 100%:1100-1400 on
11730 MNS 100 kW / 246 deg to WeEu Belarussian on
Dec.23http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/strong-signal-of-radio-belarus-but.html

GERMANY
Radio Channel 292 relays on December 27:0900-1000 on 6070 ROB 010 kW /
non-dir to CeEu English SuperClan R1300-1700 on 6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir
to CeEu German Beatspektrum1700-2300 on 6070*ROB 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu
German Radio Marabu* will be totally blocked by China Radio Int in Russian
till
1900UThttp://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/germany-radio-channel-292-relays-on.html

GREECE
Random reception of Voice of Greece on Dec.220700-0705 on 9420 AVL 170 kW /
323 deg to WeEu Greek and off at
0706UThttp://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/random-reception-of-voice-of-greece-on.html

HOLLAND
Schedule of Free Radio Service Holland, Dec.270852-1200 on 7700 unknown
transmitter to Eupore English0852-1200 on 9300 unknown transmitter to Eupore
English1252-1600 on 7700 unknown transmitter to Eupore English1252-1600
on 9300 unknown transmitter to Eupore
Englishhttp://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/schedule-of-free-radio-service-holland.html

ITALY
The next test broadcasts of Marconi Radio International will be:0800-1100 on
11389.7 ???.03 kW / non-dir to WeEu En/Sp/It on December 250900-1300 on
11389.7 ???.03 kW / non-dir to WeEu En/Sp/It on December
27http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/the-next-test-broadcasts-of-marconi_24.html

PALAU(non)
No signal from Furusato no Kaze via T8WH, Angel 5 on December 26:1000-1230
on 9960 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs Japanese Sat, videos on
Dec.12http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/no-signal-from-furusato-no-kaze-via.html

RUSSIA
Weak signal of Local Radio Voronezh & Comintern Radio on December
211200-1400 on 6990 VOR 001 kW / non-dir to EaEu Russian Local Radio
Voronezh1400-1500 on 6990 VOR 001 kW / non-dir to EaEu Russian Comintern
Radiohttp://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/weak-signal-of-local-radio-voronezh-and.html

SECRETLAND(non)
SPL The Global specialist for International Communicationson shortwave and
provided to you strong and quality signal around the world.SPL relay test
transmissions of Radio Biafra via Secretbrod on December 23:2000-2050 on
11600 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to WeAf English plus music, not live2050-2130 on
11600 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to WeAf dead air, tx off at
2132UTC!http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/radio-biafra-via-secretbrod-on-december.html

SECRETLAND(non)
SPL The Global specialist for International Communicationson shortwave and
provided to you strong and quality signal around the world.SPL relay test
transmissions of Radio Biafra via Secretbrod on December 20:2000-2300 on
11600 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to WeAf ONLY open carrier / dead
airhttp://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/radio-biafra-via-secretbrod-open.html

SECRETLAND(non)
SPL The Global specialist for International Communicationson shortwave and
provided to you strong and quality signal around the world.SPL relay test
broadcast of Radio Biafra via Secretbrod on December 22:2000-2300 on 11600
SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to WeAf English, live
broadcasthttp://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/spl-relay-test-broadcast-of-radio.html

SECRETLAND(non)
SPL The Global specialist for International Communicationson shortwave and
provided to you strong and quality signal around the world.SPL Secretland
relay IRRS Shortwave Radio City via Secretbrod on December 260900-0910 on
9510 SCB 100 kW / 306 deg to WeEu open carrier/dead air/on&off0910-1001
on 9510 SCB 100 kW / 306 deg to WeEu German Sat IRRS, Radio
City:http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/spl-secretland-relay-irrs-shortwave_26.html

SECRETLAND(non)
SPL The Global specialist for International Communicationson shortwave and
provided to you strong and quality signal around the world.SPL relay Radio
Biafra via Secretbrod on December 26, open carrier/dead air:2000-2012 on
11600 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to WeAf & then talks, low
modulationhttp://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/spl-relay-radio-biafra-via-secretbrod_26.html

SOUTH
KOREA Weak and poor reception of Echo of Hope on December 23from 1632 on
4885 HWA 100 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean, new
add.freqhttp://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/weak-and-poor-reception-of-clandestine.html

UNIDentified
two stations has observed on December 23:0910-0915 on 9600 unknown tx site
non-stop Arabic music0910-0915 on 9600 unknown tx site DRM mode, very
stronghttp://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/two-unidentified-stations-on-9600-khz.html

UNIDentified
European Pirate on December 27:1400-1530 on 9293 unknown tx site, very
poorhttp://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/unidentified-european-pirate-on.html

USA
World Wide Christian Radio WWCR-1 with transmitter's problem on December
211345&1445 on 15825 WCR 100 kW / 046 deg to WeEu English, self-QRMing
and squeals:And good signal at same time of EWTN Global Catholic Radio
WEWN-1, Vandiverfrom 1450 on 15610 EWN 250 kW / 355 deg to SEAs
Englishhttp://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/world-wide-christian-radio-wwcr-1-with.html

** CUBA. 1620, Dec 28
at 0317, as I tune in, ``Parada de Éxitos, Rebelde``, and // 5025, so not
relaying the FM network instead this time. WRTH 2016 has three Rebeldes on 1620,
two of which are in Ciudad de la Habana province, 5 kW in Guanabacoa, and
unknown power in El Sapo, surely one of those rather than the third, 1 kW in
far-off Guantánamo. One other Cuban 1620 is R. Bayamo, Granma (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EGYPT. 9860, Dec 28 before 0330, no sign of R.
Cairo, English to western N America, as alleged in WRTH 2016 for 0200 UT.

I also listened to more of the `livestream` version of Cairo in English,
recorded Dec 25-26, and found that the YL announcer with a very heavy accent
after news headlines closed the 2300 UT broadcast at about 2425 announcing the
frequency as 9965, and that news times are ``1:15 and 2:25 Cairo local time`` =
2315 and 0025 UT; ``Merry Christmas and Happy New Year``. Just music played to
fill out the sesquihour before switching to Arabic. May we assume there is no
livestream version of any 0200 UT broadcast, which may no longer exist at all?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 1030, Dec 28 at 0635 and at many other times, dominant
signal is Spanish talk, which no doubt is XEYC, R. Fórmula, in Juárez,
Chihuahua, 1/1 kW, rather than 50/5 kW XEQR, R. Centro in the DF, almost twice
the distance whence signals are remarkably rare (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENINNG
DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 800, Dec 28 at 1340 UT, KQCV OKC is OFF!
As of 1625 UT check, OG&E System Watch has more than 57K outages across
central OK; more than 8000 in OKC proper, many more in suburbs, including almost
4000 in Mustang, close to the KQCV site (and 1254 in Enid, but so far only a few
power glitches here). 800 still off 5 hours later.

Even when KQCV is
actively gospel-huxtering English in the evenings, gospel-huxtering in Spanish
can be heard along with it, no doubt the super-powering TWR 800 BONAIRE.

XEROK 800 is still negligible but supposedly on the air at very low
power. The new 2015 IRCA Mexican Log still has it as 50/50 kW, no mention of any
degradation; likewise the new 2016 WRTH: despite numerous non-logs from myself
and others the last several months (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1640, Dec 28 at 0316 UT, KZLS Enid-OKC is
open carrier/dead air yet again; some weak talk underneath and at 0357 UT,
probably WTNI Biloxi MS. KZLS still dead air at 0630 UT and still at 1350 UT. We
have an ice storm around here with considerable power outages, but the site east
of Hennessey obviously has power; just can`t get any programming, a very
frequent situation when there is nothing untoward to explain it (Glenn Hauser,
Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. ANOTHER ice storm
has hit us. In Enid, anyway, it`s not as bad as the Thanksgiving one. Icy limbs
but all the leaves are gone now, and the weakest were already broken. But there
are still a lot of power lines down elsewhere so time for another FM bandscan on
the PL-880 to see what`s abnormal (in addition to 800 KQCV OKC missing, separate
log). Dec 28 at 1352+ UT:

[this allows another ``Bob``, on 97.1 to be
audible: at 1420 UT, after Wichita weather, ``97-1 Bob FM, where Bob plays
everything`` such as country-rock to follow: KIBB 18.5/18.5 kW Haven KS --- NW
of Wichita, toward Hutchinson, not to be confused with South Haven on OK
border]

99.7, KNAH Mustang, OFF

104.1, KMGL OKC is on, and finally no
more Xmas music

105.1, KOSB Perry, OFF

105.5, K288FX, North Enid, on but
only NOISE, evidently open feed from primary, which is KYLV 88.9, but I thought
it was OK. Back to normal later

105.7, KRDR Alva OFF, so KROU Spencer is
again audible carefully

107.1, KNID North Enid OFF

Later check
starting at 1740 UT for anything different:

88.5, KZTH is OFF, no more
intoning

88.9, KYLV is apparently on but weak (see 105.5
above)

After 1811 UT, on more selective caradio,

90.9, KOKF Edmond,
Air One is OFF; normally merges with same on 91.1 KKRD Enid, still on

97.5,
KPAK Alva, is OFF

106.7, KTUZ Okarche is OFF; Spanish, had been on earlier
today

AM:

800, KQCV OKC is still off

1280, KSOK Arkansas City
KS, just across the border, is the only other notable absence on midday
groundwave

1640, KZLS Enid-Hennessey-OKC is dead air again

On cable
TV, KOCM, Suddenlink 6 and 106 is missing – just black, no error message.
Antenna is still getting a signal on RF 46, tho bad --- this one is always
marginal (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF
RADIO 1805 monitoring: confirmed UT Monday Dec 28 starting at 0402 on Area 51
via WBCQ 5109.7-CUSB; Jean Shepherd ran a bit over with his hilarious
stream-of-consciousness. 1805 also confirmed at 0430 on WRMI webcast of 9955,
unchecked on SW. Next:

This is one of the
stations which had been relaying China Radio International, but no more, as
discussed on WOR and DXLD (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Viz.:

G&E STUDIO/CRI PROGRAMMING GONE FROM DOMESTIC U.S.
STATIONS?

It appears that G&E Studio, which was affiliated with China
Radio International, might have lost funding from its arrangement with CRI and
has discontinued its leased broadcasts on stations in the U.S., including KYND
1520 and KGBC 1540 here in the Houston area. Much discussion of this on the
RadioDiscussions.com Houston board.

KGBC is now running Hum Tum Radio, a
South Asian targeted format produced in Houston (and also heard on 106.1 FM
here) while KYND is running music fill while it searches for another programmer
to lease time on the station.

This new development might have something
to do with the Chinese government's reevaluation of its international media
efforts as mentioned by Keith Perron on this forum a few months back.

Glenn, you have
frequently reported hearing KYND during critical hours (daytime only station) so
look for something different underneath KOKC (Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas, Dec
22, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1805, DXLD)

This CRI relay deal thru a
ChiCom front organization in the US got a lot of negative publicity a few months
ago, after the FCC had turned a blind eye to it. So now the question is whether
CRI has also disappeared from several other cities, e.g. 1120 in Washington DC,
1540 in Philadelphia, etc. Even 1540, Toronto?

As for KYND, its pattern
is supposed to be a circle tangent eastward, groundwave to interfere with the
Lafayette LA station, not KOKC, which remains self-degraded at only 10 instead
of 50 kW, since a tornado broke one of its towers last May; well, how long to
replace it if they are ever going to?

Here`s a LOT more about the CRI
situation from Radio Discussions Houston board.

Our programmer cancelled their programming. While we could have
gone live at the studio, we wanted a more 21st century option. And certainly
getting stuck in the mud at the tower site was a given but maybe not after a
couple of dry days. We needed a couple of days and a piece of equipment to pull
that off, so in lieu of airing silence or being stuck in the studio the whole
time, we shut down until we got our ducks in a row. In fact, I met with our
engineer yesterday (both of us visiting family and it just happened to be the
same city, minutes away from each other), and I was able to pass of what he
needed from me. I see the piece we needed came in and we're up.

From my
understanding G&E Studios created most of the programming heard on the
English version with a few from China Radio. When China decided to stop things,
G&E had to cancel us and I understand all of the English language stations
they were on throughout North America. Like usual, no matter the terms of a
contract, when cancellation comes, it is always without warning, unexpected and
not a win-win for any involved parties. In fact your client might not know until
the final moment as well. That is simply the nature of the
business.

Finding a new qualified programmer sometimes feels like trying
to win the lottery. You don't know them, how to find them and they don't know
you, but whn everything aligns, somehow you connect. Meanwhile you are painfully
aware of the revenue loss (b-turner, Dec 21, radiodiscussions.com Houston via
DXLD)

Yep, everything is changing. And I can see why. Cost for one thing,
younger audience more adept to listening via network services rather than over
the air, also. Portable devices these days aren't a traditional radio of course,
they almost all have internet connectivity now. I wonder if the openings on SW
will attract some new blood? I don't see the bands going to complete waste, nor
do I ever see them being what they once were, just impossible with today's
world, and I don't see the ham bands getting extended either, just not that
crowded.

So is this re-evaluation of China's radio efforts due to the
same thing that's going on everywhere, or does this have something to do with
the news stories recently about Chinese Radio and their government propaganda
machine? Bill have you heard anything about why the cancel of the programming?
(Chris, KF5JMD, Dec 22, ibid.)

Allow me to try to explain a bit about the
CRI deal: G&E Studios is an American company that had a client, China Radio
International. G&E leased stations and placed programming on them. Some
programming came from CRI but much originated from American hosts (using Los
Angeles Air Talent) who did shows on subjects like technology, sports, financial
and other subjects. G&E was hired to do this by CRI.

After 5 years,
the funding for this was stopped resulting in G&E no longer having a client
and a bunch of stations they leased mow needing programming and a new paying
client. I suppose the Chinese 'reevaluated' and dropped the ax. It is my
understanding the English language version was stopped everywhere in every city
G&E leased a station to carry the programming. This would not be a just
Houston thing. I really enjoyed having G&E as a client, really nice people,
understanding and very reasonable in their dealings, a truly rare find
(b-turner, Dec 22, ibid.)

Possibly anything to do with this, I wonder?
BTW: As I said before I liked the programming.

Federal regulators are investigating a U.S. radio
broadcasting company that is reportedly majority-owned by a unit of a Chinese
government broadcaster.

A spokesman for the Federal Communications
Commission confirmed Tuesday that the agency will open a probe into G&E
Studio Inc., a Los Angeles-based company reportedly owned by James Su, a
naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Shanghai.

The company leases
stations and air time, and broadcasts in more than 10 cities across the U.S.,
including Philadelphia, Washington, D.C. and San Francisco.``

This
site`s story about it makes it out to be a "Covert" Radio Network,
LOL.

``INVESTIGATION
LAUNCHED INTO COVERT CHINESE RADIO NETWORK BROADCASTING IN 12 U.S CITIES AND
BACKED BY THE BEIJING GOVERNMENT

Report revealed some radio broadcasts
are being backed by the Chinese --- G&E Studio Inc is 60% owned by state run
Chinese Radio International --- The firm is owned by James Su, a naturalized US
citizen born in Shanghai --- He owns or leases virtually all the air time on at
least a dozen US stations``

I spent a lot (100's) of hours listening to
1520AM KYND while I worked at my shop, and can say that yes, some of the
programming from G&E/CRI was obviously hand picked by the Chinese
Government, along with the fact that a lot of the big news stories involving
China mysteriously were just left out of the programming entirely. But still it
was a good listen, and informative (KF5JMD, ibid.)

Interesting posts.
"G&E Studio Inc is 60% owned by state run Chinese Radio International"; "The
company leases stations and air time". G&E does not own stations from what I
know (and I sure don't know it all). The Daily Mail article clearly says that:
G&E does not own any U.S. stations, but it leases.

So, let's
clarify: you rent a space to open, say a hair styling salon on the corner of a
busy intersection. You pay the rent and attend to your customers at that
location. My question, does the salon operator own the building? Next question:
Is the salon owner leasing the space from the building owner? If you rent/lease
a home, do you own it?

I think it might be fair to say 60% of their
revenue came from the client China Radio International. What I find interesting
is how a naturalized citizen can be foreign ownership. Sure, they could be a
'front' but a citizen is not [sic] a citizen.

For the record, I have
never seen, spoken to or dealt with Mr. Su. If he was leasing the station I
manage, I think I'd know it or I'd have some contact at some point over half a
decade. I have known of the people I dealt with prior to them coming to us about
the lease. In fact they had been involved in radio in Houston.

Covert is
really a funny way to describe things since most of the programming came from
independent air talent in the Los Angeles area who were hired to do shows on
topics like finance, sports, entertainment and such.

They would have
been very covert if they were still on by making fun of the Miss Universe
blunder and how Mr. Harvey's post misspelled Philippines and Colombia. Scary
covert stuff indeed. My point is most all programming I heard was the same sort
of stuff you'd hear elsewhere on the radio dial.

It is true the English
language programming, while mostly originated in Los Angeles, was paid for
through CRI who hired G&E Studios to originate programming and broadcast a
couple of shows off of CRI's English Service. Even the news originated from Los
Angeles air talent, was simply rip and read, with local weather and traffic
added.

This would be akin to the BBC hiring an American company to place
BBC programming on stations in the USA and authorizing that company to originate
programming of interest to the American public. The BBC is known as a state
broadcaster (b-turner, ibid.)

Yep, that's me jocking from my cheap
studio at the house. That's what I get for being an old top 40 jock back in the
day when you only spoke over the music and shut up before the lyrics began. We
were having some problems today and the engineer will be out there in the
morning to see why what couldn't go wrong did.

I mean we are talking
something like turning on the radio, then you walk away from it 5 minutes and
for some reason without human intervention, it turns itself off. All you can do
is scratch your head, turn it back on and watch it for a while to see if it does
the same thing. Then again, if you watch it, it never messes up. It waits until
you are not watching it. Or at least that's my experience with equipment that is
to do what it is supposed to do (b-turner, Dec 22, ibid.)

** YEMEN [non].
11860, Dec 28 at 1439, R. Sana`a with rousing music, S9+10 but IADs; 1441
dramatic music and narration, interrupted at 1441:22.5 for Maghrib Call to
Prayer, still marred by intermittent audio dropouts. This is only 5.5 seconds
later than yesterday, so they are again failing to keep up with the sunset
shifting later at a faster rate. This time I don`t notice any R. Ashna
underneath in the Qur`anic pauses, so has IBB finally moved Kuwait away?
Inconclusive about that so far.

As for where this Sana`a is really
transmitted from, I have previously suggested that 11860 could be from more than
one transmitter site. Three reasons for this:

1, Altho it is reported to
be on air 24 hours, only one segment circa 1330-1530 UT provides any significant
signal here, and then it is remarkably good. I haven`t heard any abrupt signal
changes, however.

2, Bill Bingham in South Africa has been monitoring,
and reports this:

``It seems that 11860 supplies a useful signal into
South Africa for just a few minutes after our local sunrise (around 0314 as I
reported on Dec 25), and again at around our local sunset and later. Tonight
(Dec 28) it was audible when I tuned in at 1620, with an S4 signal, improving
slightly to S4-S5 by 1700. Our local sunset tonight was at 1702. As of 1730
there had been no further improvement, and reception suddenly got worse when
considerable co-channel QRM began at 1730 through to about 1755, possibly AWR to
North Africa. Just before the QRM ended, a considerable SAH started at 1754, as
though another transmitter had started up on the same frequency. When the SAH
stopped at about 1758, signal was suddenly up to S7 peaking at S9 and perfectly
readable``

The modulation is *never* ``poor`` when heard here in
the 1330-1530 period --- so different site at 1841-1855??? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6870.0-AM, Dec 28 at 0308, very poor S7
signal with talk, 0349 a JBA carrier, presumably a pirate. HF Underground has no
logs of this, and the frequency only had two other unIDs this year in Sept and
earlier in Dec (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED.
21585, Dec 28 at 1506, JBA carrier. Nothing at all is listed on 21585 in latest
HFCC or EiBi or Aoki. In the mostly vacant 13m band, any carrier stands out with
BFO. At this time, 21690 RFI Swahili via Issoudun is S7, while 21675 WRMI is
only JBA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. RF 2, Dec
27 at 1743 UT, weak NTSC video fades in, then a bit of audio to go with it. 1746
definitely Spanish audio, seems novela. Tiny text bug in lower right, unfamiliar
and unreadable. In and out for a few minutes, nothing further. 6m map shows the
only sporadic E is across northeast US, MUF 67 MHz.

My antenna remains
permanently aimed about 170 degrees to favor Mexico and Oklahoma City. I
habitually assume something like this is Mexico, but that`s becoming less so and
with their apagón analógico Dec 31, the band will be more open for more exotic
Latin American analog TV DX which still exists (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)